| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements |
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| Composition Year | 1883 |
| Genre Categories | Suites; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; |
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| Work Title | Suite No.2 |
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| Alternative. Title | Suite caractéristique |
| Composer | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.53, TH 32 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IPT 122 |
| Key | C major |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements:
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1883 |
| First Performance. | 1884/2/16 — Moscow, Russian Musical Society: Max Erdmannsdörfer (conductor) |
| First Publication. | 1884 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Full score, 185 pages. Plate 5862. 1884 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Piano 4 hands (arr. Tchaikovsky and Hubert), 93 pages. Plate 5864. |
| Dedication | Praskovya Tchaikovskaya (1864–1956) |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 37 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Orchestra: |
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| External Links | Tchaikovsky Research Wikipedia article |
| Extra Information | Arranged for piano 4 hands by Tchaikovsky (movements 2 to 5) and Aleksandra Hubert (movement 1), 1883. According to Tchaikovsky Research, the first published edition lacks several bars which the most recent editions have now restored from the autograph, after their discovery by Boris Karpov. |